News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Sentences. Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced GABRIEL SETH RODGERS, 19, of Sundance, Wyoming on April 8, 2019 for possession of stolen firearms and conspiracy to distribute LSD and marijuana. Rodgers was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received a total of forty-four months of imprisonment...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, one of two members of Congress with 6103 requesting authority, today issued the following statement regarding Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s response to House Democrats’ request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Arrest of Kevin Belcher for Child Sex Trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $1.5 million to Zeteo Tech to develop and test a new sensor technology prototype that combines trigger and detector functions and will enable real-time detection of aerosolized biological threat agents including bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Terrell Eady (33, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. Eady had pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Jonathan Lisonbee will be the first of four Artists In Residence at Bighorn Canyon this year. He will be on site from April 22nd to May 6th. He will conduct a painting demonstration on Friday, May 3rd, from 3 - 4:30 pm. He will share some basic watercolor and cliff painting techniques.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Two Romanian Cybercriminals Convicted of All 21 Counts Relating to Infecting Over 400,000 Victim Computers with Malware and Stealing Millions of Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Eric Dewayne Leak, 41, of Raleigh, N.C. pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in connection with a bribery scheme involving college athletes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - A body located between Sand Beach and Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park was positively identified as Adam “AJ" Emmett. The body has been transferred to the Medical Examiner’s office and the investigation continues to determine circumstances and cause of death.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Rex Hammond, age 54, of Elkhart, Indiana was convicted on 5 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, 2 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Following a two-day jury trial, an Oklahoma man was convicted Thursday of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and two counts of illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal armed bank robbery laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger has joined law enforcement leaders from around the country at the ATF’s National Crime Gun Intelligence Governing Board meeting in Huntsville, Alabama. (Click here for tweet and photo).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years (24 months) in prison, restitution payable to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $2,285,807.70 and one year of supervised release on his conviction of willfully failing to pay over payroll taxes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sidney Charles Shannon, age 35, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment in Manhattan federal court charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI"), announced today that EVERSLEY E. BARRETT, the owner of a tax preparation business...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment in Manhattan federal court charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Thomas A. Calderon (49, Deltona) to a year in federal prison for making a materially false statement to the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (“RRB") concerning his eligibility for disability benefits. As part of his sentence, Calderon was also ordered to pay $168,950.70 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: 36-Count Indictment also Alleges Tax Fraud, Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud.
